Dr John Peirson

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Senior Lecturer in Economics

Office: Cg.7 Keynes
Telephone: +44 1227 823328
Email: John Peirson

John Peirson (PhD Southampton) is Senior Lecturer in Economics. He began his career as an economist in 1976 working for the School of Energy before shortly moving on to a post as research assistant at the University of Southampton. After one year, he was awarded a Ph.D. scholarship in the School of Economics at Southampton. From 1980, he worked for three years as a research fellow at the University of Sheffield. His first teaching job was at the University of York from 1983-86. In 1986, he moved to the University of Kent and was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 1997.

John's research interests range across the economics of gambling and uncertainty, theoretical microeconomics, environmental, transport and energy economics through to labour economics. He has been a consultant to the European Union on the externalities of road transport, the Philippines government on the privatisation of the electricity industry and the UK government on energy demand and forecasting.

Research

Research interests

John's research interests are in the economics of gambling, uncertainty, transport and energy. He is currently interested in analysing the efficiency, equity and operation of gambling markets and issues concerning problem gambling. He is also interested in the externalities of road transport and, in particular, accidents and congestion. He has advised the UK government and the European Union on the economic analysis of road accidents. He is also interested in the economic policies that have been advocated and adopted to reduce road accidents.

Current work

Working papers
  • "The Economics of the Setting of Bookmakers' Odds", (with William Collier), UKC Studies in Economics, forthcoming
  • "Training, Education and Establishment Survival", (with William Collier, Francis Green and Young-Bae Kim), UKC Studies in Economics, forthcoming.

Publications

Articles
  • “An examination of the determinants of biased behaviour in a market for state contingent claims” (with A. Bruce, J. Johnson, and J. Yu.), Economica, forthcoming.
  • "Training and Establishment Survival"(with W. Collier and F. Green), Scottish Journal of Political Economy, vol 52, November 2005, p. 710-35
  • "How Large is the Gap between Present and Efficient Transport Prices in Europe?" in Transport Policy, vol. 8, 2002, p.41-57
  • "Road Accidents and Traffic Flows: An Econometric Investigation" (with A. Dickerson and R. Vickerman), Economica, 67, 101-21, 2000.
Contributions to books
  • "The London Congestion Charging Scheme: The Evidence" (with R. Vickerman) in Road Pricing, the Economy and the Environment, eds. Jensen-Butler and others, Verlager, 2008.
  • "The Presence of Favourites and Biases in Bookmakers' Odds" (with W. Collier), p. 172-78 in Information Efficiency in Betting Markets, ed. Leighton Vaughan Williams, CUP, London 2005, ISBN 0-521-81603-3.
  • "Testing for Market Efficiency in Gambling Markets: Some Observations and New Statistical Tests Based on a Bootstrap Method" (with D. Peel, I. Paya and M. Law), 346-65, in Information Efficiency in Betting Markets, ed. Leighton Vaughan Williams, CUP, London, 2005.
  • "Betting at British Racecourses: A Comparison of the Efficiency of Betting with Bookmakers and at the Tote" (with P.Blackburn) in Economics of Gambling, ed. Leighton Vaughan Williams, Routledge, London, 2003, p. 30-42.
Reports
  • "Comparing Existing Transport Taxes and Charges with an Optimal Pricing Benchmark: Evidence from Five Member States" (with others), ECTM/EC Study, London, March 2003.
  • "Revenues from Efficient Pricing: Evidence from Member States" (with R.Rana and others), Funded by UIC/CER/European Commission. London, February 2001.
  • "Transport Pricing in the European Union: A Modelling Approach" (with others), Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, 2001, p. 37-50, ISBN 1-84064-1290. (Funded by EC 4th Framework, Project ST-96-SC-116).

Teaching

PhD supervision

Current PhD students
Past PhD students
  • Dr Sylvain Barde: "A comparative economic analysis of agglomeration theory." Completed 2007.

Administrative roles

  • School Student Placement Officer
  • Postgraduate Admissions Officer